Water-closet



(No Model.)

G. H. HOLGATE.

, WATER GLOSET. No. 365,920. I Patented July 5, 1887..

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UNITED STATES PATENT Erica GEORGE II. I-IOLGATE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,920, dated July 5,1887.

Application filed August 14, 1896. Serial No. 210,881. (No model.)

To all whom it 12mg concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE I-I. HOLGATE, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Water-Closets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to water-closets; and it consists in certain improvements, all of which are fully set forth in the following specification, and shown in the accompanying d rawings, which form part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide suitable means to prevent disease due to the vapors and the eilluvia arising from the wastepipe or sewer-sin connection with the closet.

In carrying out myinvention I provide the discharge or waste pipe with suitable valves or traps, forming a practically tight pipe-compartment, which normally is filled with a disinfectant or antiseptic gas,which offers an impassible barrier to injurious and disease-bearing'gases from the waste-pipe and sewer. The antiseptic may be stored in a vessel under sufficient pressure to liquefy it, and be admitted intermittently in small quantities into the said compartment, whereby its pressure, upon escaping, being greatly diminished,it is immediately gasified. The admission of this antiseptic gas is controlled by a suitable valve, which is preferably actuated by one of the moving parts used to discharge the contents of the basin or bowl directly or indirectly.

I do not limit myself to any particular disinfectant medium,though I prefer liquefied anhydrous sulphurous acid and carbonic acid as a binary fluid stored in suitable carboy under pressure to keep it liquefied. This gas acts under pressure, ,endeavoring to escape, and is utilized to automatically close the valve by which it is liberated after the same has been tripped.

This invention, while especially adapted to water-closets, may be applied to various other purposessuch as sinks, wash-basins, and any apparatus having connection with the sewers.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a water-closet embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the tripping device for actuating the antiseptic valve.

handle.

A is the bowl, and B is the bowl-cup or waste-valve.

O is the waste-pipe, and connects with the sewer,and may havethe usualtrap,D. Thevalve of the bowl A may be operated in the usual manner by the handle H and rod G. This part of the apparatus could be made as is com- 'mon in the numerous kinds of apparatus for this purpose already in the market.

E and F are two valves, (shown as slidevalves,) and operate to cut oil a section of the waste-pipe G, forming a compartment, S; and said valves may be operated by levers J, connecting with the valverod C by rod and lever I, whereby all of the valves may be simultaneously actuated by the operation of the waste- It is immaterial what the construction of these parts may be, provided they perform the duty of creating a compartment in the waste between the bowl and sewer, preferabl y of small capacity. Into this compartm'ent an antiseptic is intermittently discharged by a nozzle, N, and its pipe L, connecting with a carboy or vessel, K, containing the antiseptic or disinfectant, preferably of anhydrous, sulphurous, and carbonic acids as a bi nary fluid. This vessel or earboy is disconnectable with said nozzle and its pipe by coupling M.

he nozzle is provided with a valve, 0, to control the discharge of the liquefied antiseptic gases, and has its valve-rod P preferably extending within the compartment S. To work this valve intermittently for an instant, in the act of closing the valves E and F, I provide the following device: An upright arm, Q, is pivoted to one of the valve-plates and is normally retained in an upright position by a spring, q. \Vhen the said valve is moved to .close the compartment, the arm Q strikes the end of the valve-rod P and opens the valve, allowing a discharge of the disinfectant or antiseptic into the said compartment; but almost as quickly as opened the stationary cam projection R throws the arm Q to 9 one side, allowing the valve 0, by means of a spring or the pressure of the antiseptic gases, to instantly close. By this means we only have an intermittent discharge of avery small quantity of the antiseptic fluid; butsaid fluid ICQ the result. the valves are operated by the same handle, H,

being gasified, the instant it escapes, the entire compartment is filled and rendered proof against the passage of any injurious sewergases or germs of disease which may emanate from the sewer or the waste-pipes.

It is immaterial what form of intermittent valve-actuating device might be used, as there are a large number of ways of accomplishing In the construction shown all of for convenience and surety of working,*but the particular constructions there shown might be modified in various ways. Furthermore, if the valve 13 is tight and a trap, D, secure, the

gas from the nozzle M might be admitted he tween these two, dispensing with the valves E and F; but I prefer at least to use the valve F in addition to the valve B, as in that case I would have a compartment entirely out of contact with the waste-water, which would form a better obstruction "to the passage of gases which might arise therefrom.

I do not limit myself to the particular antiseptic here set'out, as any of the well-known antisepties in the market may be used, though I by far prefer the sulphurous acid and carbonic acid as a binary fluid, and under sufficient pressure to make it liquid and cause it to be self-propelling through the nozzle and capable of gasifying upon escaping from the said nozzle into the compartment.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination,with the waste orsewer pipe, of a gas-tight compartment, valves to open and close said compartment intermittently, an antiseptic-discharging nozzle opening into said compartment, a valve to open or close said nozzle, and a device to open said nozzle only upon closing the compartment-j valves, substantially as and for the purpose specified. I

2. The combination, with the waste or sewer pipe, of a gas-tight compartment, valves to open and close said compartment intermittently, an antiseptic-discharging nozzle open ing into said compartment, a valve to open or' close said nozzle, a device to open said nozzle only upon closing the compartment-valves,

and a spring to instantly close said nozzle-v for said antiseptiodischarge nozzle, which temporarily opens when the compartment-valve is closing, but is always closed when the compartment-valve is open, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, with a waste or sewer pipe, of a compartment therein through which the waste water passes,valves to open or close said compartment into or out of the wastepipe, an antiseptic-discharging nozzle opening into said compartment, a valve to control the admission of the antiseptic, and automatic devices controlled by the movement of the compartment-valves to actuate the valve governing the admission of antiseptic, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination, with a waste or sewer pipe, of a compartment therein through which the waste water passes,valves to open or close said compartment into or out of the wastepipe, an antisepticdiseharging nozzle'opening into saidcompartment, and a trip carried by one of the valves to the chamber to intermittently actuate the valve governing the admission of antiseptic, substantially as and for the purpose specified. v

7. The combination, with a waste or sewer pipe, of a compartment therein through which the waste water passes, sealing-valves to open or close said compartment, an antiseptic-discharging nozzle opening into said compartment, a valve in said nozzle to control the admission of the antiseptic, a trip'device to open said nozzle-valve for an instant upon closing said compartment sealing-valves, and a vessel containing an antiseptic under pressure, whereby it forces itself into the compartment in form of a gas when liberated, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

8. The combination, with a waste or sewer pipe, of a compartmentthe'rein through which the waste water passes, sealing-valves to open or close said compartment, an antiseptic-dischargingnozzle opening into said compartment, a valvein said nozzle to control the ad mission of the antiseptic, a trip device to open saidnozzle-valvc for an instant upon closing said compartment sealing-valves, and a vessel containing anhydrous, sulphurous, and car'- bonic acids as a binary fluid under pressure, whereby it forces itself into the compartment in form of a gas when liberated, substantially as and for the p urpose specified.

- 9. The combination of the bowl, the wastepipe therefrom, the operatinghandle, the bowl, cup, or valve actuated by said handle,

valves to shut off a portion of the waste-pipe into a compartment, and an antiseptic dis charge nozzle opening into said compartment, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

10. The combination of the bowl, the wastepipe therefrom, the operating-handle, thebowl, cup, or valve actuated by said handle,.

valves to shut off a portion of the waste-pipe into a compartment-,connections between said valves and handle,whereby they are operated, and an antisepticdischarge nozzle opening into said compartment, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

11. The combination of the how], the wastepipe therefrom, the operating-handle, thebow], cup, or valve actuated by said handle, valves to shut off a portion of the Wastc-pipe into a compartment, an antiseptic-discharge nozzle opening into said compartment, a valve in said discharge-nozzle, and a trip actuated by the movement of the operating-handle to intermittently open said nozzlevalve, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

GEO. H. HOLGATE.

Witnesses:

Orms. H. BANNARD, WV. PRESTON HIoKs. 

